002:013

The Holy Qor-aan                                                                                                       002:013

اَلَا ۤ اِنَّهُمۡ هُمُ الۡمُفۡسِدُوۡنَ وَلٰـكِنۡ لَّا يَشۡعُرُوۡنَ○‏

             Alaa-inna-hoom-ho-mool-moof-say-doon–wa-laa-kin-la-yush-a-roon.

Isn’t it that really they are the miscreants but they don’t realize?

• اَلا — Alaa — Isn’t it (= Isn’t it a fact? أ expresses a question mark. The word
  لَا means ‘never, no, not at all’. Joined together they generate a great emphasis which is conveyed by the words like ‘beware, listen, pay attention or remember’)
• اِنَّ — Inna — Really (= Certainly; definitely; doubtlessly; indeed; positively; surely; truly; verily)
• هُمۡ — Hoom — Them * (= pro., pl., m.,  3rd person. Refers to said miscreants)
• هُمُ — Ho-mo…(ol) — Them ** (= pro., pl., m.,  3rd person. Refers to said miscreants)
• الۡمُفۡسِدُوۡنَ — Mof-say-doon — Miscreants (= Corrupt; corruption creators; disruption developers; evil-doers; law-breakers; mischief mongers. Those who spread the bad and the evil)
• وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., Connects words, phrases or clauses; also; but; additionally; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
• لٰـكِنَّ — La-kin…(la) — But (= Although; however; nevertheless; yet)
• لَّا — Laa — Do not (= Absolutely not; never; not all)
• يَشۡعُرُوۡنَ — Yush-o-roon — They realize (= Conscious; fully aware; perceive)

* Note 002:013.  Read Commentary titled “2 pronouns or 1 pro and 1 verb mean…”  The phrase اِنَّهُمۡ هُمُ الۡمُفۡسِدُوۡنَ   “inna-ho-ho-moo” consists of three words.

• The first word اِنَّ (= in-na) means “certainly; definitely; doubtlessly; indeed; positively; really; surely; truly, verily.”
• The second word هُمۡ (= hoom) is a pronoun (= pl., m., addressees in 3rd person) referring to all those people.
• The third word هُمۡ (= hoom) is also a pronoun (= pl., m., addressees in 3rd person) referring to all those people.
• A phrase duplicating two pronouns like هُمۡ after another هُمۡ lays a tremendous emphasis on the person highlighted. Thus اِنَّهُمۡ هُمُ الۡمُفۡسِدُوۡنَ “inna-hoom-ho-mool” means ‘Surely these very people are’ – as described – ‘the evil-doers, corrupt; corruption creators; disruption developers; law-breakers; mischief mongers; spreaders of bad and evil.’
• Examples of this kind including this verse are found in 002:005; 002:013; 002:014; 002:023; 002:033; 002:034, 002:038; 002:043; 002:045 and other places in the Holy Qor-aan.